The war commissar or Kriegskommissar was a Danish Army, Norwegian Army

Norwegian Army

Norway achieved full independence in 1905, and in the first century of its short life has contributed to two major conflicts, the Cold War and the War on Terror. The Norwegian Army currently operates in the north of Norway and in Afghanistan as well as in Eastern Europe. The Army is the oldest of...

, Prussian Army

Prussian Army

The Royal Prussian Army was the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power.The Prussian Army had its roots in the meager mercenary forces of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years' War...

, Swedish Army

Swedish Army

The Swedish Army is one of the oldest standing armies in the world and a branch of the Swedish Armed Forces; it is in charge of land operations. General Sverker Göranson is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Army.- Organization :...

 and Soviet army

Soviet Army

The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...

 military official who was responsible for supplying military arms and provisions, and was in charge of the military budget

Military budget

A military budget of an entity, most often a nation or a state, is the budget and financial resources dedicated to raising and maintaining armed forces for that entity. Military budgets reflect how much an entity perceives the likelihood of threats against it, or the amount of aggression it wishes...

 and conscription

Conscription

Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...

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Russia

In the Soviet Union the war commissar was a direct political representative of the Soviet Government with the army.The Commissars during World War 2 were very strict. They would often shoot any soldier retreating soldier for treason.

Prussia

The title was later called the Prussian Minister of War

Prussian Minister of War

The Prussian War Ministry was gradually established between 1808 and 1809 as part of a series of reforms initiated by the Military Reorganization Commission created after the disastrous Treaty of Paris. The War Ministry was to help bring the army under constitutional control, and, along with the...

 in 1808

• Wilhelm von Rath
  Wilhelm von Rath
  Wilhelm von Rath was a German scholar and a military officer. His name, in the dative case , may be rendered as "Rathen".-Biography:...
  
   (1585–1641)
• Wedego von Bonin
• Johann Friedrich Adolf von der Marwitz
  Johann Friedrich Adolf von der Marwitz
  Johann Friedrich Adolf von der Marwitz was a Prussian general during the epoch of Frederick the Great.-Biography:...
  
   (1723–1781)

See also

• Political commissar
  Political commissar
  The political commissar is the supervisory political officer responsible for the political education and organisation, and loyalty to the government of the military...
  
  
• Prussian Minister of War
  Prussian Minister of War
  The Prussian War Ministry was gradually established between 1808 and 1809 as part of a series of reforms initiated by the Military Reorganization Commission created after the disastrous Treaty of Paris. The War Ministry was to help bring the army under constitutional control, and, along with the...
  
  
• United States Secretary of Defense
  United States Secretary of Defense
  The Secretary of Defense is the head and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense of the United States of America. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a Defense Minister in other countries...